Improvement in combined washing and wringing machines



T. H. PATEE.

COMBINED WASHING AND WRINGING MACHINE.

No.180,914. Patented Aug.8,1878.

WITJVESSES I JV V'EJV' TOR A By Attorneys.

ILFETERS, PNDTO-LIYHOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON D G UNITED] STATES- PATENTOFFICE.

THEODORUS H. PATEE, OF BEORIA, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMEINT IN COMBINED WASHING AND WRINGlNG MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 180,914, dated August8, 1876; application filed June 20, 1876,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, T. H. PATEE, of Peoria, in the county of Peoria, andin the State of Illinois, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Washing and Wringing Machines; and do hereby declarethat the followin g is a full, clear, and exact description thereof,reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters ofreference marked thereon, making a part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangementof the several parts of a washing-machine and a wringingmachine, in sucha manner that the two-can be made convertible, as will be hereinafterset forth.

In the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, Figure1 represents a longitudinal section of the washing-machine, and Fig. 2 aside view of the wringing-machine.

In the figures, A represents the box of a washing-machine, which is madelonger than it is wide, and with sloping ends. Within this box is placeda semicircular cylinder, which fits snugly against the ends of the box,but is raised enough above the bottom of the washbox to givewater-space. This cylinder B is provided with half-round slats, as isusual.

Upon the bottom of the cylinder B are hinged two valves, to a, whichopen from each other. These valves are placed a short distance apart,and when closed they are in an inclined position, with their endsresting against the bottom of the Wash-box. When the water in the box isheated so as to produce steam, the steam generated between these twovalves forces them open, and, passing upward, enters the wash-boxthrough the openings 00 at. The valves prevent its return. I

0 represents the cover of the wash-box, which rests, within said box,upon the top of the cylinder B.

D represents a frame, formed of two wooden bars, of suitable length,which are connected together by the rounds e 0, said frame being narrowenough, of course, to fit within the box and cylinder. Upon the bottomof this frame is a corrugated roller, F, and at or near its top is aplain roller, made either of wood or rubher. A pin, d, passes through aslot in the frame, and also through the sides of the washbox. The frameis provided with two rackbars, E E, and, lying in the upturned teeth ofthese bars, is a pin, a. 1) represents a coiledwire spring, whichconnects to the pin or bar d, and then to the pin or bar 0. This springserves to draw the frame D downward, so as to make the corrugated rollerF bear upon the bottom of the cylinder B. The moving of the pin 0 in theteeth of the rack-bars E regulates the downward pressure of the fiztmeD.

It will readily be seen that when the machine is formed as has been setforth the process of washing clothes is the same as that known to all ofthis class of washers.

The cover Q is used when it is desired to prevent the escape of steamfrom the box. It is simply an auxiliary cover, to stop the spaces aroundthe frame D.

In using this as a wringer, the cover (3 and the frame D are bothremoved from the washbox, and adjusted as follows, and as seen in Fig.2: The cover 0 is placed in a horizontal position, with one end restingupon the end of the wash-box. The frame D is placed at an inclinedposition to it, and is supported at its lower end upon the roller F,which rests upon the floor or ground. The pin 0, resting in the notchesof the rack-bars E, acts as a support, and at the same time as afulcrum, for the platform G. On the under side of the cover 0 is anotched bar, J, and the pin 0 is passed through these notches and restsin the rackbars E. The pin d catches in notches z t on the under edgesof the frame-pieces, and the spring b connects the rod (1 to a loop .onthe under side of the cover 0, near its outer end, as seen at m.

I represents a roller on the cover 0, which is provided with a handle,and which meets and revolves, together with the roller H, on the frame.

In using this machine as a wringer, theroller H, in combination with thecover 0 and its roller I, and notched bar J, and the spring b, and pins0 d, as and for the purpose specified,

3. The combination of the frame D and cover 0, as constructed, with thewash-box A, the cylinder B, the valves a a, and the openings w w, as andfor the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this20th day of May, 1876.

T. H. PATEE.

Witnesses M. L. S'rowELL, ROBERT M. J AMESON.

